Hamid Gul

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Hamid Gul ( Urdu حمید گل; * November 20, 1936 in Sargodha , British India ; † August 15, 2015 in Murree , Punjab , Pakistan ) was a Pakistani army general. He headed the Pakistani secret service Inter-Services Intelligence after the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan from 1987 to 1989, essentially during Benazir Bhutto's first term as Prime Minister .

Originally Gul was more of a pro-American viewpoint, but in the course of time he turned into an Islamist “hardliner” who believed that the United States or India were behind many domestic and foreign policy problems in Pakistan. After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 , he sided with Osama bin Laden and jihadist groups. In his retirement he was often seen on television, where he blamed a Jewish conspiracy for the 9/11 attacks.

At the end of his service he began to build up the terrorist group Laschkar-e Taiba , in which he forwarded weapons intended for Afghanistan to them. The group fights for a secession of the Kashmir Valley from India. Gul has always been a supporter of Pakistan's nuclear armament and prepared for confrontation with neighboring India .

On December 14, 2008, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari described Gul in an interview as a “political ideologist of terror” .

According to the Afghan War Diary , Gul is said to have met with insurgents in the Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan in January 2009 and planned an attack in retaliation for the death of a Pakistani al-Qaeda official .

In 2012 Gul appeared as a speaker for the Islamist, Pakistani organization Difa-e Pakistan .

Web links

  • Hasnain Kazim: Fairy Tale General a. D. Pakistan's ex-chief intelligence officer. In: Spiegel Online . July 26, 2010, accessed February 11, 2011 (Interview with Hamid Gul about the Afghan War Diarys).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pakistan's former ISI chief Hamid Gul passes away. In: The Times of India , August 16, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ Susanne Koelbl: "Karzai has long been history". In: Spiegel Online , June 2, 2010 (interview).
  3. ↑ Pakistan: Ex-ISI chief Hamid Gul dies at 79.BBC News, August 16, 2015, accessed on August 16, 2015 (English).
  4. ↑ a b c Pakistan's former spy chief Hamid Gul dies aged 79 in: The Guardian , August 16, 2015, accessed August 16, 2015
  5. ^ Zardari calls Hamid Gul political ideologue of terror. ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: The Nation. December 15, 2008.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nation.com.pk
  6. ^ Comprehensive description of the war , ORF, July 26, 2010
  7. ↑ Sascha Zastiral: New Islamist network. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . February 24, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Gul, Hamid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES حمید گل (urS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pakistani Army General
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Sargodha , British India
DATE OF DEATH 15th August 2015
Place of death Murree , Punjab , Pakistan